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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Each year, teachers spend nearly $1,200 of their own money to effectively teach their students, and Sonic wants to help. They’ve partnered with DonorsChoose.org, a national leading non-profit Web site to fulfill projects requested by teachers. Projects range from soccer balls needed for gym class to ESL materials to help children read to computers needed for a science lab. If a teacher needs specific materials or resources, they can sign up as a SONIC Teacher at LimeadesForLearning.com and register their project online.

One of the unique benefits of DonorsChoose.org is that every day people become citizen philanthropists by donating to their favorite teacher’s project. Limeades for Learning is similar in that it empowers Sonic customers to take part and direct which teacher projects receive funding. From Aug. 31 to Oct. 1, customers are encouraged to purchase any frozen or fountain drink at Sonic and participate in the program. When you order a drink, each cup will be specially marked with a sticker that contains a unique code used to vote for a teacher project on LimeadesForLearning.com. Each week for five weeks, teacher projects with the most votes will be funded by SONIC up to $500,000.00. If customers want to continue to give, they will have an additional opportunity to donate money to their favorite teacher’s projects.

I have both a $25 MySonic gift card AND a $25 DonorsChoose.org card for 2 winners! Just leave me a comment here with your favorite Sonic drink and I'll choose a winner on Friday, the 18th. Good luck!

The only drink I've ever gotten at Sonic wasn't really a drink. It was an ice cream, but I'll pretend it was a drink. It was the Sweetheart Brownie Blast or whatever a couple years ago. It was SO GOOD!

Cherry Limeade is my all time favorite....in fact I haven't tried anything else there - why ruin a good thing? And your video totally looks like a Sonic commercial - you need to send it to them! Love the bloopers!

Let's see...My fave is a Strawberry Smoothie. I know, a little boring! My mom can't pass a Sonic without getting a Cherry Limeade even though she always says she doesn't need it! And my kids LOVE the slushies!

I grew up drinking cherry-limeade in Oklahoma. Sonic is everywhere where I grew up! I have been without an accessible Sonic for nearly 20 years! Nothing compares to their onion rings with cheese and a cherry-limeade!!! I just might have to drive out to Aurora and get me some this weekend! (I know, it's worth the nearly hour drive, but I still haven't done it since it opened. For some place I miss so much, you'd think I'd be there all the time. If I were single, I would. But not with the family. Too much else to do.) But really, I think we're headed out there this weekend now!

I'm just a plain old Jane loving the Route 44 Coke. I'm loving this contest because my mother in law is a Resource Teacher for an elementary here and she does spend a lot of her own money... which teachers usually don't have. I am also from Utah which is the 50th in per pupil spending. Awesome hu? Last place. No wonder teachers always have to spend their own money. Utah's education budget is a joke. Thanks for letting me rant. :)

Actually, I was just looking in your blog for your Sonic adventure when it first opened in your area. It just opened outside of Boston and it took us 2 hours to get in the first day, then an hour the next day (yeah, that's right, we went twice!). My hubby even went one night at 1:00 and they turned him away because the line was too long to get through before they closed at 2! Hopefully it will calm down a bit soon so we can go more ... yum!

oh, i love the lemon berry slush! YUMMY!i agree the ice is GREAT! after surgery once, i couldn't eat anything, but could have water...but had to sip it or chew ice. i had hubby go get 2 route 44 cups of ICE from sonic! they probably thought he was silly, but i didn't care! heehee

I love no need a cherry limeade on some days to get me through. I love happy hour with half priced drinks. I take my four kids and let them each pick their own flavor slushie and then I can justify my large cherry limeade. yum!

We finally found a Sonic in our area after seeing commercials for months. I tried the cherry limeade and now I am hooked. My husband likes the green apple thing (weird). thanks for this info, I am passing it on to our teachers.

Okay so here in MI Sonic just opened and with 4 kids I haven't quite made it there yet, so I sure could use the gift card as an excuse. I don't know my favorite flavor :( BTW, your video looks just like the commercials with the shot from the front of the car, funny!Also I told you you'd be fine, tums!!

Strawberry limeade.... oh yum! My mouth is watering! My college roommate and I used to get drinks from Sonic about once a week - I haven't had one in over a year and that makes me sad! It just went on their website and found out that the closest one to me is 30 miles away... not too close but definitely worth a drive some day SOON!

I so.... love the Cherry Limeades. When I had my son my husband would call and ask if I needed anything. Every day he would have to get me a Cherry Limeade...they are the BEST! 1/2 price also rocks. It is great we now have a way to help our teachers out as well.

First, my favorite is a Rt. 44 cherry coke with extra ice. Love the video! I've been talking up this program in Oklahoma, trying to get more teachers on board and encouraging people to go online and vote. It's a great excuse to go to Sonic!

Because of your blog, I wanted to find a Sonic and buy a cherry-limeade "shake". I had my chance last month...I was in Alabama three days, and had shakes for my lunch two of those days. One night I had one for dessert. We have no Sonic around here but I LOVE LOVE LOVE the cherry limeade shakes!!! Chris in PA

OMGoodness the bloopers were awesome! Root beer in the tin lid was hysterical! I don't have a fav drink at Sonic, in fact I don't think I've ever been to a Sonic. *gasp* IF I did it would probably be a chocolate shake, especially if they offer them for 1/2 off during Happy Hour!

Lemon Slush is my fav. to sip by the pool with a diet limeade coming in a close second.I have had a project funded by donorschoose two years ago. Its an awesome site, because of them we made twenty six literacy bags for our special needs kids to take home on a weekly basis. The kids love them!

can I say that my fav drink is none of them because I have yet to try them. Our closest sonic is over an hour drive so I have yet to get there.....maybe a gift certificate burning a hole in my pocket would help!

I have always liked the cherry limeades but my daughter talked me into trying the strawberry limeades and now I think they are my favorite. I just had a strawberry limeade ice cream drink last week. I wish it was summer a little longer so I could drink more of those!

I could SO USE that Sonic gift card. My son had a major accident this past Saturday where his lip was split in two and he lost his two front teeth! My child has literally been living on Sonic Blue Coconut Slush's for the past 4 days. I buy 2 a day and keep them in the fridge to slowly melt so he can have one as soon as he finishes the first one. Sonic has been my new best friend with this injury because at least he is drinking something! We have also been faithfully entering and voting for the Limeades for Learning. I think our count is up to at least a dozen slush's so far this week!

I have two favorites, Peach tea for when it's blazing hot and Vanilla Dr. Pepper the rest of the time. I think the LimeadesforLearning is such a great idea. Just found out a local teacher here signed up and we are trying to help her out. Thanks for the chance Dawn. Angie

We just got a sonic here in Great Falls MOntana we have only been once. but i really did dig the SODA>>> i know this sounds funny but SONIC has the BEST!! Ice. I think that it is a wonderful programe that they are doing!!

Strawberry-Banana Smoothie or just plain ol Diet Dr. Pepper. I love their ice. Last year we had issues w/ our son not remembering homework so I started rewarding him for remembering to bring everything home all week on Fridays w/ a drink from the half price Happy Hour menu. He loved it & so did his sister who he earned one for too.

Diet Dr. Pepper with vanilla and cream, but I also love the regular ol cherry limeades, but I've convinced myself that I'm being "good" with the diet dr. pepper, forget about the vanilla & cream! And the diet cherry limeades really stink! Just my opinion.

I love vanilla dr pepper. Umm that makes me want one now. I would also like to say thank you for your support. I had a child kick me today and tell me that she say her mom's boyfriend do it. I then found out that he had beaten her mother so bad they she suffered a brain injury. I just wish all of my students could have supportive parents like you. Thank you. A. Jones

...Thanks Sonic!!!!!, because my hubby (the elementary teacher) spends WAY TOO MUCH money out of pocket on his classroom. Just try asking the office for a highlighter or red correcting pen, HA! Lamination for the expensive posters we bought...HA! Limited to 20 feet per year, only on Thursdays! BAH!!!.. :o)

Strawberry Limeade! We don't have Sonic here but I made my DH find one when we were in Florida because I wanted to try it! Yeah, once we found one about 15 minutes from where we were staying I made him take me back like 4 times to get Strawberry Limeades!

My fave for the last 20+ years has been vanilla Dr. Pepper. When you're having a bad day, there's nothing like a vanilla Dr. Pepper and a swing to get your mind off of it. Granted, it's the extreme nausea from swinging after you've drunk so much van. Dr. Pepper that distracts you, but at least you forgot what was initially troubling you! ;) Lisa

since the closest sonic to me is in chicago i had to wait until we went to kentucky over labor day. i have to say the caramel milkshake is to die for!!! im craving one now :( they need to hurry up and put in the sonic they promised us.

I haven't really tried much there yet. Even though there's about 4 of them just in our city. I had the root beer float that was free a couple months ago, and that was pretty good. Give me a chance to try some more flavors!

My favorite drink isn't actually a drink. Me and my friend would go every morning and for $0.28 each we would both get a Rt 44 cup of ice. It was the small square pouches of crunchyness that we loved! But if something had to go in there then Cherry Pepsi with tons of real cherries. YUM!

We don't have a Sonic here YET! It's in the process of being built and I CAN'T WAIT! When we happen to find one in our travels, I am ususally pretty boring with a Dr. Pepper but I can't wait to try the slushies!!

I needed one last Friday when I was told I was being moved from kindergarten to first grade after teaching for three weeks! I cried. I had already bonded with my students. I'm enjoying my new class but I have very few first grade materials!

Every morning on the way to my class I stop and get a large tea half and half no ice. Then I order a large cup of ice, I get two drinks that last the whole day!! Hey, a teacher has to stretch those pennies!!

I had never tried a powerade slush till I got sick this week. I've been running fever and I cant stand to drink water so my boyfriend bought me one and I can't get enough of them now. I think this is great for all the teachers who are going out of their way to provide our kids with better futures. I wish everyone could win.